History
During and after the Civil War, families were torn apart, due to brothers fighting on opposite sides. A Virginia Military Institute student, Otis Allan Glazebrook, had a vision to reunite the North and the South in brotherhood. His ideals started Alpha Tau Omega as the first fraternity that would be considered a national fraternity, and it was with Erskine Mayo Ross and Alfred Marshall that he sought to bring together the two factions that had been torn apart.
The LeaderShape Institute, Inc. was created in 1986 by Alpha Tau Omega and from 1986 until 1988, it was exclusive to the men of ATO. LeaderShape was spun off into their own organization and is used as a week-long leadership and networking retreat for college-age students. ATO was honored by the Smithsonian Institution in 1995 for innovative use of technology with an award for Information Technology in the field of Government and Non-Profit Organizations. The award was given for ATO's innovative use of CompuServe as a tool for member and chapter communication.
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